[trompetenaccoun]

The Semitic languages are Afroasiatic languages. I agree with your general point but ironically you yourself now try to link language to genetics (skin color).

In the horn of Africa they've always spoken Semitic languages as far as we know, and actually it's possible the entire language family originated in Africa, not in West Asia as I guess you assume. This hasn't been proven one way or another, both theories exist.

[Ericson2314]

Ethopians also just don't really look very much like west African (Niger-Congo speakers, but it is nonsense to presume Ethopians area "hybrid" population while west African Niger-Congo speakers and west Asian Semitic speakers are are "basal".

[thaumasiotes]

Niger-Congo does not belong to the Afroasiatic language group. I mentioned Nigeria because of Hausa. Obviously I would no more assume that the Hausa are a basal Afroasiatic group than that any Ethiopian group is.

[thaumasiotes]

> I agree with your general point but ironically you yourself now try to link language to genetics (skin color).

The link is very strong for the obvious reason that everyone learns to speak to their parents.

My point is that things happen to break the link, not that the link can break for no reason.